mc tamarrod is the first and only rapper in nahr al-bared refugee camp in lebanon. since the destruction of the camp in a war in 2007, mc tamarrod is among 30.000 displaced palestinians. almost 20.000 refugees have returned to the outskirts of the destroyed camp, awaiting its reconstruction and suffering from the lebanese army's siege of the camp.

displacement, temporary housing, checkpoints, humiliation, discrimination... these are the topics that mc tamarrod angrily raps about. inspired by the hip-hop crews katibe 5 and i-voice in beirut's bourj al-barajneh refugee camp and rap groups in palestine such as ramallah underground or DAM, he decided to take up the microphone and let the world beyond the checkpoints know about the situation in nahr al-bared.

this 5 minutes features mc tamarrod's latest song and a short interview with the rapper.

the autonomous media collective 'a-films' has been documenting nahr al-bared's post war developments over the past two and a half years. it has published reports and produced about a dozen short films on its website.


This movie is part of the collection: Community Video

Producer: a-films
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Keywords: nahr al-bared; camp; refugees; north lebanon; lebanon; fatah al-islam; war; destruction; lebanese army; palestinians; checkpoints; economy; reconstruction; hip-hop; rap

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

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